A homing endonuclease with a switch: Characterization of a twintron encoded homing endonuclease

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 57-68

  Guha, Tuhin Kumar ^a   Hausner, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Group I intron; Group II intron; Mitochondria; Mobile elements; RDNA

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; FUNGAL DNA; HOMING ENDONUCLEASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHAETOMIUM THERMOPHILUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FUNGAL GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SPLICING; RNS GENE; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; THERMOPHILE; CHAETOMIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

CHAETOMIUM; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENDONUCLEASES; GENES, FUNGAL; INTRONS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 84896134700     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: 10960937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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